Post by osiere on Nov 3, 2004 0:29:24 GMT 2
It has been reported that an employee from Ansett Australian (Airlines), who happened to have the last name Gay, got on a plane recently using the company's 'Free Flight' offer for staff. However, when Mr Gay tried to take his seat, he found it to be occupied by a fare paying passenger.
So, not to make a fuss, he simply chose another seat. Unknown to Mr Gay, another Ansett flight at the airport experienced machanical problems. The passengers of this flight were being re-routrd to various other airplanes. A few were put on Mr Gay's flight and anyone who was holding a 'free' ticket were being 'bumped'. Ansett officials, armed with a list of these 'freebee' ticket holders boarded the plane, as is the practise, to remove them in favour of fare paying passengers. Of course, Our Mr Gay was not sitting in his assigned seat as you may remember. So when the Ticket Agent approched the seat where Mr Gay was supposed to be sitting, she asked a startled customer ''Are you gay?'' The man, shyly nodded that he was, at which point she demanded: ''Then you have to get off the plane.'' Mr Gay, overhearing what the agent had said, tried to clear up the situation: ''You've got the wrong man. I'm Gay!'' This caused an angry third passenger to yell '' Hell I'm gay too! They can't kick us all off!'' Confusion reined as more and more passengers began yelling that Ansett had no right to remove gays from their flights. - New York Times.
It is reported that Ansett have refused to comment on the incident.
So, not to make a fuss, he simply chose another seat. Unknown to Mr Gay, another Ansett flight at the airport experienced machanical problems. The passengers of this flight were being re-routrd to various other airplanes. A few were put on Mr Gay's flight and anyone who was holding a 'free' ticket were being 'bumped'. Ansett officials, armed with a list of these 'freebee' ticket holders boarded the plane, as is the practise, to remove them in favour of fare paying passengers. Of course, Our Mr Gay was not sitting in his assigned seat as you may remember. So when the Ticket Agent approched the seat where Mr Gay was supposed to be sitting, she asked a startled customer ''Are you gay?'' The man, shyly nodded that he was, at which point she demanded: ''Then you have to get off the plane.'' Mr Gay, overhearing what the agent had said, tried to clear up the situation: ''You've got the wrong man. I'm Gay!'' This caused an angry third passenger to yell '' Hell I'm gay too! They can't kick us all off!'' Confusion reined as more and more passengers began yelling that Ansett had no right to remove gays from their flights. - New York Times.
It is reported that Ansett have refused to comment on the incident.